[Verse 1:] Nights full of fears, eyes full of tears Cus u been hearin the same lies for 5 years. Fresh out of high school he pursued his career And u played the house wife roll for dude and his kids But now u can't get a break no matter how hard u try, Your life's on the line everytime u start up the ride Cus u never got ur L's but its hard not to drive When ur baby got a cold and the car is outside Plus the hospital is far and ur dude ran out on ya Just because he said that u had a mouth on ya, Becus u would scream and holla when he walk up in the room with maybeline up on his collar And he didn't even bother to consider his child He said he'd always be around but what's so different now? You stressin now cause u can figure it out But keep ur head in the clouds girl continue to smile girl Cus baby u are a

[Chorus:] Black angel, Oh baby you are so fly Black angel. Girl don't let him hold you down Get up and just spread your wings and fly Black angel

[Verse 2:] He swept u off your feet when u met it was love at first sight He didn't even curse, said he was the Church type Was almost Mr. Right until ur first fight And u found out he was worse than ike Cus he hit you in the face so hard that I hurt to bite Now your uncertain of this person you liked But you keep making excuses for him being abusive cause you want it to work this time So you convince your mind that it fine But in time your gonna find That real love aint defined with violence And if you're crying every night just cause some guy decided its ahhite To hit you in the eye then its time That you learn from the mistakes of those that chose to stay Cause most of em are gone today And there's a gang of sistas that would probably still be with us If they would've just flown away Ne-yo gone and sang

[Chorus x 2:] (you're fly) Black angel, Oh baby you are so fly Black angel. Girl don't let him hold you down Get up and just spread your wings and fly Black angel

[Bridge:]Babygirl stop depending on your man for love And start depending on the man above Babygirl stop depending on your man for love And start depending on the man above Babygirl stop depending on your man for love And start depending on the man above

[Chorus:] Black angel, Oh baby you are so fly Black angel. Girl don't let him hold you down Get up and just spread your wings and fly Black angel